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jefazo92
Explorer II
July 30, 2024
Question

Does Fortigate have any MAC Security features?

  • July 30, 2024
  • 4 replies
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Hi,

 

Is there any rule or feature that can be used to enforce security for MAC addresses? 

4 replies

AEK
SuperUser
SuperUser
July 30, 2024

Hello

Sure!

FortiGate has a built in NAC, where you can specify MAC address in NAC policy.

https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/7.0.0/new-features/830632/nac

 

On the other hand FortiGate can use MAC addresses as address objects in your firewall rules if needed.

AEK
KumarV
Staff
Staff
July 30, 2024

Hello

 

You can also configure sticky MAC address. Protect the switch and the whole network when combined with MAC-learning-limit against security attacks such as Layer 2 DoS and overflow attacks.

 

https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/6.2.0/new-features/485133/mac-address-based-policies

 

Regards

 

Verender

jefazo92
jefazo92Author
Explorer II
August 27, 2024

Thank you very much @KumarV. Please could you tell me if device detection must be enable on every interface to enforce MAC address-based IPV4 policies? The article does not explain this but the one below from salemneaz does require device detection to be enabled.

salemneaz
Staff
Staff
July 30, 2024

Hi, you can create MAC address filter at the FortiGate, take a look at the article reference given below;

 

https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-how-to-create-the-MAC-address-filter-from-device/ta-p/195523

Hatibi
Staff & Editor
Staff & Editor
August 27, 2024

Hi jefazo92,

 

not sure if it applies to your environment but you might also be interested in MAC address check for remote hosts connecting through sslvpn. 

Aside from OS and Host check, FortiGate can also perform a MAC address check on the remote host.

https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/7.6.0/administration-guide/32970/configuring-os-and-host-check

 

Regards